2022Final results
2022 election for California Senate District 18
California State Senate · California
Steve Padilla (D) won with 59.8% of the vote, defeating Alejandro Galicia (R) by 19.7 points.
Steve PadillaDemocrat · winner
59.8%115,103
Alejandro GaliciaRepublican
40.2%77,223
192,326 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2022
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET